Passenger train and platform



EAGPGS July 24, 1923- L.. NEWMAN PASSENGER TRAIN AND PLATFORM 2Sheets-Sheet 1 www@ July 24, 1923 L. NEWMAN PASSENGER TRAIN AND PLATFORMFiled Dec, l5 1917 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 24, 1923.

, NirED STATES LOUISNEWMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PASSENGER TRAIN AND PLATFORM'.

Application filed December 15, 1917. Serial No. 207,372.

To all wiz-0m t may concern e it known that I, Louis NEWMAN, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in`Passenger Trains and Platforms, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates in general to passenger trains and platforms atwhich the trains may receive and discharge passengers, and hasparticular -reference to intra-urban and suburban trains where it isdesired to take carev of both small and large crowds economically andquickly.` The invention will hereinafter be described in connection withan elevated railway system although it will be manifest as it is betterunderstood that the invention has other and valuable application insubways, railway trains, surface lines and the like.v p

A principal object of the present inveir tion is the provision of atrain and attendant instrumentalities, which may discharge and receivepassengers in large numbers and in the shortest possible time.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a train andassociated in- Vstrumentalities, which will economize the space on theplatform so that crowds of persons `can be loaded and unloaded, withoutcrowding, from a platform of restricted size.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a train andassociate instrumentalities, which may operate upon the pay-as-you-entersystem at such hours as the traffic conditions permit and which may bereadily converted to permit the fares to be collected before the personsboard the train during the rush hours of the service.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a train which willrequire the services of fewer attendants than is usual on elevatedrailroads, subways and the like.

\ Ai still further object of the invention is the provision of a trainadapted to operate under the pay-as-you-enter system and so :onstructedand arranged that the passengers may enter quickly at `the stations andthe fares be expeditiously collected before the train arrives at itsnext stop.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a train andplatform con` structed and arranged to separate the leaying passengersfrom those boarding the train and this without requiring said leavingpassengers to cross the platform or in any way mingle with thosedesiring to board the train.

Avstill further object of the invention is the provision of a train ofcars which will require no gate keeper for the. platform at the ordinarystation in the residence district, and `in the business district exceptat rush hours, and which will reduce the number of guards required forthe operation of a train to a minimum thereby effecting a materialsaving in the cost of operating the road.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparentas it is better y understood from the following description whenconsidered in connection with theaccompanying drawing illustrating apreferred embodiment thereof.

On the drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan section of a part of the train and platform embodyingmy present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view partially in elevation and partially inperspective of the same;

Fig. 3 is a partial view similar to Fig. 1 showing a differentarrangement of the train and platform.

Fig. l is an enlarged section through one of 4the cars shown in theother figures; Fig. 5 is a partial view similar to Fim 4 and of the samecar with the parts differently arranged; and

Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged sectional detail i views of the partitionused in you-enter enclosure on the car.

For the purpose of illustrating my in* vention, I have shown the sameembodied in a train consisting of a number of cars indicated on thedrawing at` 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, connected in any usual or preferredfashion and communicating with each other by vestibules 15, thecommunication being suoli that a person may passeasily and safely fromonel car to the other. The train of cars thus mentioned is shown on thedrawing at a platform 17 having one or more entrance stairw. ys 18 atthe top of which is a cage or space 19 for a fare taker. However, asalready stated, the invention contemplates the operati on of the traineither to collect the fares on the train itself or at the entrance tothe platform, and it will therefore be understood that the fares may ormay not be collected by the fare taker in the cage or cages 19 asconditions of traiic may render desirable.

Vvmade byf' i i scribed. To'one wall part 23 a foldable In the presentinstance, to illustrate an embodiiii'entof invention, Vit will" first`be'- described as' arranged upon the pay-as-youenter (the car) system.Every other car, in

the present embodiment 1l` andlB,4 is pro- "portions :or endslof thecar. This enclosure is 'preferably divided into a main part 25adjacentthe entrance2l anda passageway 26 `at the opposite side, thediyision being a "partition as will now bey detwo-partpartition section27 is removably pivoted, this section being' shown in enlarged view inEig'. 7. The parts 28 and 29 of the section "areinerelyhinged togetheratB'l. The part 28 which is adapted for attachment tothe wall. part `23is provided with a pair of downwardly extending hooks 32 adapted to'engage eyes lin the wall` gpart and the part 29 is pri'ided withsimilar hooks 34 which may be 'engaged in eyes 35bolted to ja removable post3G extending up at an appropriate location from the floor of theenclosure. An openingl is provided between this post and a second vpost37 to establish communication between the passageway and main part ofthe enclosure, which opening is adapted to be closed by a foldablecurtain or closure 384 carried by the post 36 and engageable with thepost 37. AA. four-partipartition section 39 connects the postf withtheopposite corresponding wall section 23.` rlhe parts 4]., 42, 43 and 44of this sectionI are hinged togetherat-t so that""t'lie section may beopened out as shown in Figi 4 or collapsed or folded up as shown in Fig.One end part 44 .is provided with hooks. 46 like the hooks 32 andwhichengage in eyes like the eyes 33 similarly arranged. Whenthepartition section 39 is `unfolded and placedl in operative position itextends about a corner post 48 and from there extends to the post- 37 towhich it is engaged. Thefare taker stands at 49 preferably upon a raisedbox or pedestal so .that hecan see easily throughout the car in which heis lstationed and, also into -and throughthe adjacent cars at eachside`r it being' understood that the partition inthe enclosure and itsconfining walls are low and therefore do notobstruct his yiew. Two doors5l are providedto prevent passage between i the enclosure and the bodyor ends of ther i i i car `while the fares are beingcollected as will belater explained. "It is intended that the enclosure shall be of a sizeto contain comfortably from 25 to 40 or more persons standing;1 in thepassageway 264 and` inl the main part 25. `Wl`ie`n theftrain pulls up ata station a door 52, normallyclosing the payas-you-enter entrance7 isopened and the curtain 342inoved1` to4 permit ready communicationbetween the passageway and main partef the enclosure. Theenteringpassengers pass tlirough the main part, lll the passageway'andso much of the main part as is necessary or if there are only ahfew`theyv are admitted merelyto the mainV part. At this time thedoors 51 areclosed and the fare taker, after tli'e train has leftthe station,

collects the fares iirstfrom thewpersonsinV thep'assageway and opens oneorboth doors 51`tol direct them into the body of the `car and throughthe communication `with a'dja?` cent cars into the adjacent cars also.ltlev topy in Fig'. 4,`l.ioles 53 being provided to*l receive the posts36, 37 and 39, and eyes` being located on the partition parts 55 toreceive the hooks 33 and 47.

In order that passengers may i through the exits 22, if. provideplatformI separators indicated in l atf56, which Y prevent theleaving,"passengers from mingling with the entering ones. Stairways 57,i

communicate with` the inside of thej enclo-` sure formed by theseparators and the passengers are directed by the separators. di-

rectly from the train exits to the stairwaysl and away from theplatform. T he separa;-` tors are spaced upon the platform atapp-ropriate distances to permit the ,Inotormanjr located at 58 at theforward end of theV traim to easily stop with a pair of exits-22locate-dyv at an appropriate platform separator; It` will be noted thatthe platform separat-ors y do not extend completely across theplat-formto permit ready passage of perso-ns upon the platform from oneend to the other] so that they may easily station themselves at any,`desired pay-as-you-enter entrance,` whichi preferably, for theconvenience of passenreis is located for them by suitable v'signsY (notshown).

Frequently express and local 1vtrains run upon the sametrack and stopatVthe samen platform and the platforirr` separators may be utilized, ifdesirerh toy-separate tliepasjsengers desiring `to board Ithe localtrain from passengers desiringtoboardithe Aex'- not enter y llt) presstrain. This may be accomplished,byv

causing the two trains to lstop at different locations. When the'trainis1 constructed -be provided by the eXits and arranged as indica-ted onthe drawing, it will be noted that there are two platform separatorsbetween each pair of payasyouenter entrances; or differently stated thepay-as-you-enter entrances are presented only at alternate spacesbetween the platform separators. If the train were stopped one car back,that is the car 10 were stopped where the car 11 nowV stands, thepay-as-youenter entrance would be disposed atA other spaces between theplatform separators.

These spaces may be labeled therefore alternately Express desired thesame system may be used to direct the passengers for trains leaving fordifferent destinations.

The invention contemplates also the quick loading of the train withoutany obstruction from the separators or from the parts disposed withinthe car to provide pay-as-youenter facilities. In big cities the trafficis almost entirely in one* direction at certain hours-to the businessdistrict in the morning and to the residence district in the evening.rlhe passengers in the morning usually board the train at a considerablenumber of successive stations and leave it at relatively few downtownstations and in the evening board the train at relatively few downtownstations and leave it. at a considerable number of stations in theresidence district. Considering' first the traffic down in the morning.The passengers board Vthe train at the residence stations and usually innumbers at the single stations sufficiently small to permit the fares tobe collected on the pay-as-youenter system and they may leave the trainin large numbers through the platform separators unless the crowd be sogreat thatfall three doors at the sides of the carl are necessary to'facilitate the unloading, it being understood that center doors areprovided in the car sides of all the cars whether arranged for thepay-as-you-enter system or not. That is to say, cars 10,112 and 14 alsohave sidedoors 50, which,l except in rush hours, are kept closed. If itbe desired to empty the trainata single station or to provide greatereXit capacity than can 22, the platform separatorsare constructedv to bemoved out of the way as well be presently described and the partitionswithin the pay-as-youenter enclosures can be collapsed by folding i upon their hinges and back against the sides of the enclosure walls andarranged as indicated in Figs. 3 and 5. Fig. 3 shows the arrangement ofthe collapsed platform separators as well. y

Each platform separator consists of a mainr wall 61 to which are pivotedend walls 62 adapted to be swung, from the position shown in Fig. 2where they co-operate with the sides of the car to form anl enclosure,aroundyintof parallelism with the enter the platform in the stations inand Local stops, or if` main wall 61,. preferably lying close againstits outer face as indicated in Fig. 3. The wall 61 may form the railingof the stair or stair closure.

Returning home in the evening the fares of the passengers can becollected as they the business section and all of the openings at thesideI of the train may be used as entrancesthree to each car. Thepartition in the pay-as-you-enter section is rendered readily positionedand removed so that after the business district is passed the train canoperate on the pay-as-you-enter plan with little inconvenience to thefare taker. If the platform separators are collapsed or moved out of theway during the rush hours they can readily be returned to the operativeposition shown in Fig. 2 and the entire system operated upon thepay-as-you-enter plan.

Prior to my invention it has been generally the custom to station aguard between the cars at each pair of connected ends so that five, sixand seven car trains require respec tively four, live and siX guards inaddition to the motorman. A train constructed and operated in accordancewith my present invention requires only half the number of guards for atrain of even number of cars andfone guard or fare taker for the odd carif the train have an odd number.

Pneumatic or electric means are provided to permit the guards or faretakers stationed in their respective enclosures to operate all thedoors. rllhe guard we will say in the enclosure of car 11 will operatedoors 50 and 22'of car 10, doors 22 and 21 of car 11 and adjacent doors22 of car 12, and in addition will of course operate the doors `of hisenclosure. This control is simple and it is believed need not be shownon the drawing. Of course, if desired, each guard can open only thedoors 21 and 22 of the car in which he is stationed7 in which event thepassengers from adjacent cars pass through the vesti'bules and out ofthe exits in the cars provided with guards.

lt is thought. that the invention and many of its attendant advantageswill be understood from the foregoing. description, and it will beapparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of` the parts without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention Aor sacrificing all of its material advantages,

the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodimentthereof.

l claim:

1. A. passenger train, comprising` a. plurality of connectedcommunicating cars, alternate cars the platform and the' carstherebetween being provided with entrances from the platform for allsaid cars.

having merely exits opening to p tio 2, A passenger train, comprising a`plarality ofconnected communicating cars, alternate cars having merelyexits opening to the'platform and the interi'iiediate cars havsidecenters for all the cars.

8l A passenger train, comprising a plurality of connected communicatingcais, all of said cars having exits andalternate cars only havingentrances from the platform.

Li; il; )asseneer train and-a latfoi'm at which said train may stop toreceive and discharge passengers, said train and said platform hotlihaving entrances and exits, a

platform separator directing iiersons'leav- `ing the train directly `tothe platform `exits thereloy preventing them fromn'iingling with.persons hoard in lo; the train.

5.. A'. passenger train and a platform at ivlriclrsaid train may stop toreceive and discharge passengers. said train and said platform laothhavingl entrances and exits.rv

and platform separators formingwith the side ofthe train .an enclosureincluding a platform exit and a train exit to cause persons'to passdircetly from the t 'ain exit to the platform exit.

Gril passenger train and a platform at `Whiclasaidftrai'n may stop toreceive and so discharge ifiassengers. said `passenger train havingexitsand entrances and 'said platform having exits and entrances, andplatform separators enclosing the exits ofthe platform and car andleaving an unobstruct- "ed passageway around said separators onsaidplatform whereby 'to permit persons desiringto board the train access tothe platform i throughout its lengt-l1.

7., Afpassenger train and a platform at 'ivhich said train may stop toreceive and discharge, passengers, a pluralitg7 vo'f exit stairways.communicating VWith said platform, andplatform separators enclosingeach stairway and an exit portion of said train.

8. A passenger train and a platform at which said 'train may stop toreceive and discharge passengers`r stairways communicat-v ing with `saidplatform adjacent the' side Iof tlieplatform at which thetrain may stop,

and platform separators enclosing said stair- Ways ,and forming ,Withthe exitI portions of the car an enclosure for directing passengersfromthe train exits directly to said stair- Way.` i

9..,The combination of a train composed of `aI plurality of cars havingdistributed exits and intermediate entrances, and means for preventingpassengers from entering the `train through said exits, said meansincluding platform enclosures in said enclosures 10. The combination ofa passenger train,

and stairn'ays Withcomprising a plurality of 'communicatingy carsprovided with distributed exits and ening entrances frein the platformat their `hoarding `said train.`

trances intermediate said'exits, doors for all saidexits and' entrances,andmeans for preventing passengers fromenteringtle train thiouglitheexits ivhei'rally saidl doors are openj, said means p comprisingplatform enclosures and stairrvays gcofmmunicating With the platforminside said venclosures'.

lil ii passenger train, comprising a plu-` rality ofcars having4distriliiuted exits and separate entrances.,.lietweer said exits, aplatfornifat which said train` may stop, andy having' "platformseparators y.inte'rm'ediate said lentrances and y enclosii'rg` saidexits whereby to prevent persons leaving. the

train fi-'oinniingling with* those desiring to i hoard the train andmeans formingexits from tlieseparators outside the platform;

l2.- A passenger train "and a platform at' which said train may stop toreceive and' `discharge) passengers, said train liaving dis-Atributedexits` and separate' entrances7 andy platform separatorsforming "enclosures about said exits andextending only partially acrossthe platform and stairs communicatingl `with` saidseparators.-`

18; A' passenger train and a platform at which saidatraiiiL may receiveand discharge passengers, said plat-form havingrplatform separators forpreventingpersons leaving the train mingling vwith persons desiringtohoard the train, said separators serving also todivide the plat-forminto spaceshetween said separatorsy and means forming exits from theseparators ontside'the platform lt. il.` passenger t 'ain' and aplatformat Which said train may receive and discharge" passengers, said trainhaving 'a plurality ofi pay-as-youenter entrances and exits remote fromsaidentrances, and vmeans for prevent-` 'ing persons desirous ofhoarding the train fronientering through Athe exits, and for preventing`persons leaving the exits from mingling with said persons desirous of15;.A; passenger'traiii and a platformA at which: said train may receiveand discharge passengers, meansoin said train and platform .forpermitting `said train to receive passengers either payinglastheyenterthe' which said train may receive `and discharge passengers, means konsaid trainiand planA form for permitting.. said traine'rto receivepassengers either paying asthey yenter the2 trainA or` as they: enterthei'fplatforin, said 17. A passenger train andV a platform at i whichsaid train may receive and discharge passengers, means on said train andplatform for permitting said train to receive passengers either payingas they enter the train or as they enter the platform, said meanscomprising platform separators for preventing passengers enteringthrough the exits when the fares are collected in the train, saidseparators being movable Ito permit entrance through th'e exits when thefares are collected as the persons enter the platform.

18. A passenger car having a central entrance and an enclosure withinsaid entrance, said enclosure being divided into a passageway at theside of the car remote from said entrance `and into a main part adjacentsaid entrance, and doors or gates for conining persons within saidpassageway until their fares are collected.

19. A passenger car having a side entrance and an enclosure within saidenw trance, said enclosure having a main part adjacent the entrance, andat the opposite 'side therefrom, a passageway yconnecting said main partwith the ends of the cars and providing a fare taker station within saidmain part and adjacent said passageway.

20. A passenger car having a side entrance and an enclosure within saidentrance, said enclosure having a main part adjacent the entrance, and apassageway adjacent the opposite side of the car, both said passagewayand saidmain part being adapted to permit an appreciable number ofpersons to stand therein, and means for preventing persons in saidpassage and said main part from entering the body of the car until thefares are collected.

21. A passenger car having a side entrance and an enclosure within saidentrance, said enclosure having a main part adjacent the entrance, and apassageway adjacent the opposite side of the car, both said passagewayand said main part being adapted to permit an appreciable number ofpersons to stand therein, and means for preventing persons in saidpassage and said main part from entering the body of the car until thefares are collected, said means being operable to permit persons in thepassageway to enter the main part of the car and prevent persons withinthe main part entering the passageway.

22. A passenger car having an entrance and a pay-as-you-enter enclosurewithin said entrance, said enclosure being divided into a main part anda passageway, and doors for separating said passageway from the body ofthe car, and the main part from the passageway to permit collection offares in the passageway and main part separately.

23. A passenger car having an entrance and enclosure set off within saidentrance, said enclosure being provided with a partition setting oif amain part adjacent the entrance, and a passageway at the opposite side,said partition being foldable to an inoperative position to leave saidenclosure unobstructed.

24. A passenger train i and platform at which the train may receive anddischarge passengers, said train and platform having means forseparating entering and leaving passengers and operable upon thepay-asyou-enter principle, means on said platform and in said trainbeing movable out of the way of entering and leaving passengers toinoperative position, the 'fares being collected as the'persons enterupon the platform.

Signed in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Tnos. J. OBRIEN, Emi. Woon.

